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in 1741. Bering died on the island along with much of the crew. His grave is marked by a modest monument. About half of the crew did manage to survive the winter, thanks in part to the abundance of wildlife (notably the newly discovered Steller's sea cow) and the efforts of naturalist and physician
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Due to the high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf and the Pacific slope and their remoteness from human influence, the Commander Islands are marked by a great abundance of marine animal life and a relative paucity of terrestrial organisms. Notably, significant numbers of
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are also abundant along the pre-lake depressions and river valleys of Bering Island, though largely absent from Medny Island. Migratory birds of note with critical nesting or feeding habitat on the islands include such species as
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The highest point is Steller's Peak on Bering Island at 755 m (2,477 ft). The highest point on Medny Island is Stenjeger's Peak at 647 m (2,123 ft).
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and the survivors found their way back to Kamchatka, heavily laden with valuable sea otter pelts. The discovery of the sea otters sparked the great rush of fur-seeking "
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The neighboring waters provide important feeding, wintering and migrating habitat for many whale species, many of which are threatened or endangered. Among these are:
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The climate is relatively mild for its latitude, and maritime, with 220–240 days of precipitation per year. The cool summers are notoriously foggy. The
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population is stable and possibly increasing, even as their population is falling precipitously in the rest of the Aleutian islands.
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Over a million seabirds gather to nest on numerous large colonies along almost all the coastal cliffs. The most common are
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The Commander Islands archipelago consists of 15 islands and is a part of a submarine volcanic ridge extending from
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Anderson, P. (1995). "Competition, predation, and the evolution and extinction of Steller's sea cow,
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Barabash-Nikiforov, I. (November 1938). "Mammals of the Commander Islands and the Surrounding Sea".
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by compelling them to eat seaweed. Eventually, a smaller boat was built from the remains of the
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The fish fauna in the mountainous, fast running streams is composed primarily of migratory
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member S. Khitrov of eastern Kamchatka, including the Commander Islands, with drawings of
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The village has a school, a satellite tracking station and a dirt airstrip to its south.
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Derbeneva, OA; Sukernik, RI; Volodko, NV; Hosseini, SH; Lott, MT; Wallace, DC (2002).
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and different associations of marshy plants with low grass and dwarf trees. Very tall
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The much less diverse terrestrial fauna includes two distinct, endemic subspecies of
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The other settlements on the two islands are small villages or scattering of houses:
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took place in the open sea about 160 km (100 mi) south of the islands.
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There is no true forest on the Commander Islands. The vegetation is dominated by
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Doroff, A.; J.A. Estes; M.T. Tinker; et al. (February 2003).
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Map showing the position of the Commander Islands to the east of
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The only permanently inhabited locality is the village of
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The Commander Islands received their name from Commander
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The Commander Islands (Comandorsky State Nature Reserve)
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second voyage and the discovery of the Commander Islands
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which nests in only a few other colonies in the world.
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wrecked on the otherwise uninhabited Bering Island on
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Other bird types include auks such as the 624:Bering Island was the only known habitat of 317:Detailed map including the Commander Islands 1457:Unofficial website of the Commander Islands 1198: 640:within 27 years of its discovery in 1741. 1522: 1508: 1386:Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741–1742 963:, a now-abandoned village on Medny Island. 80: 1335: 1285: 1107: 1024: 255:and rocks. The largest of the latter are 1412:. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1384:Steller, G.W. (1988). O.W. Frost (ed.). 1267: 1204: 895: 837: 778: 532: 508: 414: 325:to Kamchatka dated by the beginning of 312: 1470:Overview of the Kommandorsky Zapovednik 1383: 2123: 454:(i.e. strictly protected wilderness), 299:List of World Heritage Sites in Russia 1503: 981: 979: 977: 1050: 1048: 1046: 1044: 900:1966 Soviet postage stamp depicting 1351: 1323:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 931:, now both American possessions. A 736:. Raptors of note include the rare 613:and endangered species such as the 582:are likewise abundant. Indeed, the 178:1,846 km (713 sq mi) 90:. The larger island to the west is 13: 2141:Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean 1475:Details of their current situation 1436:, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 1231:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1995.tb00294.x 1132:"MPAtlas » Commander Islands" 1004:American Journal of Human Genetics 974: 961:Preobrazhenskoye, Kamchatka Oblast 504: 14: 2192: 1447: 1443:, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 2005. 1041: 944:Battle of the Komandorski Islands 16:Russian islands in the Bering Sea 2156:Islands of the Commander Islands 1484:Natural Heritage Protection Fund 2161:Islands of the Russian Far East 2146:Archipelagoes of Kamchatka Krai 2136:Islands of the Aleutian Islands 1465:Photos of the Commander Islands 1402: 1377: 1302: 1261: 879:, who cured many of the men of 566:(some 200,000 individuals) and 2176:Important Bird Areas of Russia 1365:. BirdLife International. 2021 1237: 1173: 1148: 1124: 1083: 990: 711:including the extremely local 1: 2171:World Heritage Tentative List 1426: 1268:Johansen, H. (January 1961). 851: 768:bird species, including many 410: 393:Köppen climate classification 278:, the Commanders compose the 266:, 15 ha (37 acres), and 636:. The sea cow was hunted to 513:Detail from an early map by 450:, the administration of the 308: 7: 949: 748:and game birds such as the 10: 2197: 833: 830:on the Commander Islands. 615:North Pacific right whales 556: 386: 379:and southern parts of the 2151:Islands of the Bering Sea 2016: 1538: 1330:: e.T22696750A226827998. 458:and government services. 216: 187: 182: 172: 167: 144: 103: 79: 59: 53: 1408:Lorelli, John A. 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55°00′N 166°24′E / 55.00°N 166.40°E / 55.00; 166.40
Russian
Map showing the position of the Commander Islands to the east of Kamchatka. The larger island to the west is Bering Island; the smaller island is Medny.
Kamchatka
Bering Island
Medny
Nikolskoye
55°11′51″N 165°59′51″E / 55.19750°N 165.99750°E / 55.19750; 165.99750
Ethnic groups
Russians
Aleuts
Russian
islands
Russian Far East
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Bering Island
Medny Island
islets
Tufted Puffin Rock
Kamen Ariy
Nikolskoye
Administratively
Aleutsky District
Kamchatka Krai
Russia
nominated for
List of World Heritage Sites in Russia
UNESCO

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